Economic Transition and Social Protection : Issues and Agenda for Reform /

This paper briefly describes the factors constraining the social protection policies in the Baltics, Russia, and other countries of the former Soviet Union (BRO). The analysis considers public spending in social programs, including generalized subsidies for goods and consumer services, pensions, une...

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Glavni autor: Gupta, Sanjeev
Format: Žurnal
Jezik:English
Izdano: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1998.
Serija:IMF Policy Discussion Papers; Policy Discussion Paper ; No. 1998/014
Online pristup:Full text available on IMF
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